I don't know what size Gorilla cart you have, but the 7 cubic foot one sold here has a capacity of 1,200 pounds. No way you could load that much soiled litter in a Gorilla cart. The litter is just not that heavy.
To protect the door sill, you could build a short ramp up and over the sill and back down the other side. Just some scrap lumber would do the job. Of course, that depends on your door sill setup.
Here's a picture of that type of ramp designed for a wheelchair, which also protects the original door sill...
I had to build a pallet wood ramp to get up and into my chicken run. I have about 12 inches of compost litter at my main gate, and I needed a ramp to get my cart into the chicken run. I'm just not back strong enough anymore to muscle a loaded cart up that high...
Have you considered something like muck buckets?
That's what I use when I clean out my chicken coop. Then I carry them to my chicken run and dump them.
I bought some cheap muck buckets at WalMart and they cannot hold very much weight. If I load up those WalMart muck buckets to the top with soiled litter, the plastic breaks around the rope handles. Now I only fill them half way and they don't break. I would certainly not recommend getting cheap muck buckets. They just can't handle the work.Another option to consider might be to use the standard 5-gallon buckets...
I fill my 5-gallon buckets with 25 pounds of chicken feed and have never broken a handle or the plastic on them. They are much stronger than the cheap WalMart muck buckets I bought. There is no way soiled litter would be heavy enough to break my 5-gallon buckets. They only problem is that they cannot hold as much volume as a muck bucket in one load. So you would have more trips to get the same work done. That may or may not be a good thing for you.
At my age, I most often prefer to take more trips with a lighter load which protects my back from excess strain. So, a half muck bucket full of soiled litter, or a full 5-gallon bucket of soiled litter, is about my limit these days.
I am an Inside Track Member at Harbor Freight and get my 5-gallon buckets for free on their bucket sale weekends which they have about every 2-3 months. I think you saw the posting I made on their most recent bucket sale weekend on the Frugal Tips thread...That sale is over, but they will probably have another bucket weekend special in 2-3 months. I like free buckets.
Dear Wife just cannot understand why I have so many different kinds and style of shovel and forks. To her, a shovel is a shovel. But I am the one using the tool and I often switch from one size/type of shovel to another depending on the job at hand. It does make a big difference sometimes. Same thing with my forks. I have at least 3 different sizes and styles of forks and use them all for different, but similar, jobs.That's looks like a perfect shovel for a small, tight, job. Great find for only $2.00!
And thanks for the shout out. I always enjoy reading this thread, but unless something notifies me of a new post here on the BYC forum, I don't know if anything has been updated.
